Is it just me or is doing this sort of thing much easier in a language that both has a type system and can generate code at run time? The type mapping<https://github.com/tanmaykm/Protobuf.jl#julia-type-mapping>is just so straightforward.
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Tanmay K. Mohapatra <[email protected]>wrote: > I have now implemented the .proto parser and code generator. Was able to > generate Julia code for the file "asset.system.proto". > Do try out https://github.com/tanmaykm/Protobuf.jl and give your > feedback. > It is not yet a registered package, but shall do it in a couple of days. > > Regards, > Tanmay > > > On Monday, February 24, 2014 12:33:23 AM UTC+5:30, Uwe Fechner wrote: > >> That's a good start. >> >> Perhaps the following file could be used as test case: >> https://bitbucket.org/ufechner/freekitesim/src/ >> 1df579321570a3c7fa2c157416f7326876bb9dda/asset/asset.system. >> proto?at=master >> >> Is there already a piece of code that can parse .proto files in Julia? >> >> Regards: >> >> Uwe >> >> On Sunday, February 23, 2014 6:09:22 PM UTC+1, Tanmay K. Mohapatra wrote: >>> >>> I have started working on a pure Julia Protobuf implementation here: >>> https://github.com/tanmaykm/Protobuf.jl. It's in very early stages, but >>> I plan to focus on it for the next few weeks. I have put up a few lines now >>> about how I plan to develop it in the readme. Would love to hear what you >>> think of it. >>> >>> - Tanmay >>> >>> On Sunday, February 23, 2014 10:14:27 PM UTC+5:30, Amit Murthy wrote: >>>> >>>> You may want to check out Tanmay's https://github.com/ >>>> tanmaykm/Protobuf.jl >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Uwe Fechner <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> our control and simulation software is highly modular, and we use >>>>> google protocol buffer >>>>> encoded messages over ZeroMQ sockets to communicate. >>>>> >>>>> What is the best approach to send and receive protobuf encoded >>>>> messages: >>>>> >>>>> a) using one of the C bindings; there are actually three: >>>>> - http://spbc.sourceforge.net/ >>>>> - http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-c/ >>>>> - http://koti.kapsi.fi/jpa/nanopb/ >>>>> >>>>> b) using the Python library: >>>>> https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/pythontutorial >>>>> This one is officially supported by google in contrast to the C >>>>> bindings >>>>> >>>>> c) writing a full protobuf compiler, coder and decoder in Julia >>>>> directly >>>>> >>>>> Any comments welcome. >>>>> >>>>> Uwe Fechner >>>>> >>>> >>>>
